APD: Threatening call was a prank

Multiple Amarillo police responded to what turned out to be a prank call threatening officers Friday night, authorities said.

Officers at Motel 6, 4301 W. I. 40., said dispatchers received a call from a man claiming to be in one of the hotel rooms. The man said he had outstanding warrants for his arrest, and he told police he would fight officers who came to arrest him.

Due to the nature of the call, multiple officers responded and told the occupants of the hotel room to come outside.

The actual occupants only spoke Spanish and did not understand the officers’ commands until a Spanish-speaking officer made contact with them, police said.